theft of my scope

In all, probably 5-6. At most, maybe 7- in 17 years. Not fun. But the Littman was a bit more painful. I had it less than a year, as I recall. I buy mostly cheaper ones now.

So far none. Probably because people i work with know if anyone takes my Littmann, I'll bite them.

My husband won't even touch my stethoscope if i bring it home, he knows how protective i am of it lol.

Just one, my Littman, of course.

I only ever had one taken and that was when i worked in neuro and we used a nursing office so had a lot of floating nurses on the unit. Funny thing was when i changed units 6 years later I found the dang thing in the clean utility room in a cupboard with my name still on it.

I think that's how mine disappearred, float pool nurse, not for sure though! Good you found yours again.

How mayny stethescopes have been pilfered from you in your career?

My ex took my best scope lol:nono:

i've had a few taken over the years of my career! i "lost" several of them early in my career-to residents or attendings who "borrowed" them, then never returned them. i stopped that by buying a bright pink stethescope. at that time, more residents and attendings were male, and wouldn't be caught dead with a bright pink stethescope!

now i am in home care, it's less likely to be misplaced or taken. however, a few years back, i forgot to put my expensive littman cardiology back in my bag as i usually do. the patient was a teenager, whose sister was planning to go into nursing school and showed a lot of interest in my stethescope-asked a lot of questions about it. when i arrived home, i realized i didn't put the stethescope back in the back, and drove back to the pt's home to get it, since i knew they were moving the next day and had no phone, and i figured i would never see it again. a few blocks from their house, a teenager sped through a stop sign in a school zone as kids were being released from the elementary school and broadsided me. he crumpled my suv with a tiny sports car, he was going so fast. luckily, i was not critically hurt, and no kids were hurt (he hit me instead, and i would have done exactly what i did all over again if it meant that no kids would get hurt). however, my stethescope was long gone by then. i had to buy another one. :angryfire

2 littmann black, now I have a purple cheap one

The one my dad gave me when I graduated from college I keep at home because he died 4 years ago and it can not be replaced. I know it doesn't get used much (just for when I have a sick family member) but I don't care, I would be heart broken if it got stolen.

I just use the cheap ones they have on the supply carts at work.

Knock on wood I still have my black Littman with my name on it. I can't keep up with the same pen for 1 hour but I have my scope!:lol2:

Too many to count. I went through about six my first year. I thought someone was playing a joke on me.

I've had the same one for several years now. I keep it in my backpack. It's a cheapo.

My brother got me a gold plated stethescope for Christmas one year.

One day a Doctor asked to borrow it. That was the last I was to see it.